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Vic Ruggiero Is A Ska Reggae Blues Musician Of Italian Heritage From Bronx New York. He Now Lives In New Jersey. Next To Being The Singer Organist And Songwriter Of The Slackers He Is/was Involved In Various Projects Like The SKAndalous All-Stars Or The Stubborn Allstars. For Many Years Vic Has Also Nurtured A Dusty Alt Country/blues/rock Solo Project. He's Recorded A Slew Of Solo Albums On Which He Mainly Plays The Guitar Harmonica And Percussion. Albums Are Living In Sin/Understanding New Jersey Alive At The Ladybug House Hamburguru 2007 Something In My Blindspot 2008 On The Rag Time 7" From 2009 Of Piano Driven Rag Style Vic/slackers Songs Songs For Clandestine Lovers 2009 Split Discs With ZOOT 16 G.B. Meatball And Sushi Party 2009 And Kepi Ghoulie The Dark Ages 2009 And Don't Feed The Cats In Iraq 2010 . Over The Years Various Unofficial CD-Rs And Bootlegs Of His Work Have Been Made Available Through Vic And His Website. Ruggiero Is Pretty Much Shaping Up To Be "the Man" When It Comes To Finding Someone To Play Keyboard Instruments In The North American Punk Scene. His Guest Appearances Include Famous Artists Like Rancid The Transplants Or Roger Miret And The Disasters. He Was Also Involved In A Side Project Going By The Name Of "The Silencers" With Tim Armstrong Of Rancid And Others. The Silencers Have Oficially Released One Song "Policeman" On The Hellcat Label Sampler "Give 'em The Boot I". Ruggiero Has Writing Credit Does Backing Vocals And Plays The Organ On This Song. Other Songs Of The Silencer Sessions Are To Be Found On Rancid's Life Won't Wait Demos Which Have Leaked To The Internet. Vic Is Also A Member Of Reggae Workers Of The World A Supergroup Composed Of Vic Ruggiero Jesse Wagner Of The Aggrolites And Nico Leonard Of The Moon Invaders And The Caroloregians. List Of Bands That He Played/plays In Not Exhaustive - The Nods
- The Slackers
- SKAndalous All-Stars
- Stubborn All-Stars
- The Silencers
- Da Whole Thing
- David Hillyard And The Rocksteady 7
- Victor Rice Octet
- Sic & Mad
- Tremoflex9000
- Vic & Phil
- Chris Murray
- Reggae Workers Of The World Official Site Http //www.Vicruggiero.Com read less